Deputy Ollie Crosswhite - Greene County Sheriff's Dept. - True Life Hero

Ollie Crosswhite
- Jan. 02, 1932 -

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Greene County Sheriff's Department Agency Patch

Resided:	MO, USA
Born:	Unk
Fallen:	Jan. 02, 1932
Race/Sex:	Caucasian Male / 42 yrs. of age
	Agency
Dept:	Greene County Sheriff's Dept. MO USA
County:	Greene
Dept. Type:	County/Police
Hero's Rank:	Deputy
Sworn Date:	Unk
FBI Class:	Homicide - Gun
Weapon Class:	Firearm
On The Job:	10 years

Bio: Deputy Crosswhite had served in law enforcement for 10 years. He served as constable in Polk county for five years, as Ash Grove City Marshal for two years and as Greene County Deputy Sheriff for three years.

Survived by:

Wife
& four sons, two daughters and his mother.

Fatal Incident Summary

Offender:	No Info
Location:	MO USA Sat. Jan. 02, 1932
Summary:	Deputy Crosswhite was shot and killed as he attempted to enter a farmhouse in search of two suspects. THE INCIDENT ======================== On June 2, 1929 Marshal Noe attempted to stop the two suspects from driving while intoxicated. When Marshal Noe informed the men they would have to go to jail to "sleep it off", one suspect shot him. He was pulled into the suspects car where he was shot several more times. Marshal Noe's body was discovered the next morning in a roadside ditch, several miles outside of town. Two brothers, considered local petty burglars, killed a total of seven Law Enforcement Officers. After they killed Town Marshal Mark Noe on June 2, 1929, a massive manhunt began for the suspects. The two suspects were located at the family farmhouse on January 2, 1932. They had come to town to visit their mother for the Christmas holiday. A raiding party of eleven officers was formed to arrest the two brothers. As the officers surrounded the farmhouse, gunfire erupted and in the end six officers lay dead. The suspects escaped, and fled to Texas. They were located there by Houston Police and as police moved in, the two suspects committed suicide.
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Related:	Tony Oliver Sidney Meadows Wiley Mashburn Charles Houser Marcell C. Hendrix Mark S. Noe

Last Updated: May. 29, 2019